Indirect fire is delivered onto targets not in line of sight using which platforms?

• A. Artillery, mortars, or air support
• B. Small arms
• C. Tanks only
• D. Hand grenades

Answer: (A)

Indirect fire involves hitting targets you can't see directly, using weapons that shoot on a high arc or are delivered from aircraft. Artillery and mortars are classic indirect-fire platforms because their shells travel long distances and rise over obstacles, allowing observers to adjust fire from out of sight. Air support also provides indirect fire when aircraft deliver munitions onto distant or obscured targets, guided by fire-direction teams or observers. In contrast, small arms are used for direct fire at visible targets, tanks engage with direct fire, and hand grenades are short-range, direct-fire tools. So the platforms that deliver indirect fire are artillery, mortars, or air support.